AWS Database Migration Service Reviews & Product Details

AWS Database Migration Service helps you migrate databases to AWS quickly and securely. The source database remains fully operational during the migration, minimizing downtime to applications that rely on the database.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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AWS Database Migration Service Community

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All-in-One

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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

5 months

Perceived Cost

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Implementation Time

5 months

Perceived Cost

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Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/30/2026

"Intuitive, Feature-Rich, and Makes Migration Effortless"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

It’s intuitive and I know what to do next. I can easily migrate everything I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

Nothing, I really like the features it has to offer and I like how much it assists in the process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sonali A.

Senior Data Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/19/2024

"DMS - Migrating data with ease"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

It is very easy to setup data migrations between different databases and services and is user-friendly once you learn. We are able to load GBs of data very quickly and easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

CDC is not easily implemented using DMS and needs detailed study to implement, we need to add details in JSON sometimes which gets a little messy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Korla G.

Open source contributor

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/26/2024

"DMS from RDS to Dynamo"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

AWS DMS is used when we want to get all our data from one database to another when we want to migrate this AWS service is used. The best thing I like is if I want to do it manually, then I need to copy all the tables, all the statements from the old database to the new, which can take a long time but through DMS I need to mention the source and destination database and the replication instance copies data from old to new. I don't need to struggle much. It even takes care of schema conversion as well, which means if the source is relational and the destination is non-relational, DMS takes care of it. I only need to pay for compute resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

As I am a beginner to DMS, I didn't find any downsides. It is fast and saves a lot of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

I tried to switch the database from AWS RDS (MYSQL) to DynamoDB. If I had to do it manually, I would have to copy all the tables, primary keys, and procedures, which takes a lot of time. But using DMS, within 10-15 minutes, data from RDS is copied to DynamoDB even though schemas are different. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ashish R.

Zoho CRM

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/21/2018

"AWS quickly, securely, and with minimal downtime and zero data loss."

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

We used this service to migrate DB from 3cx to the AWS cloud which was very convenient with a user-friendly interface and the support received was quite quick. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

Found the pricing bit on the higher side compared to other suppliers in the market Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ishant T.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/19/2023

"One of the best tool for Database Migration"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

Easy to use

Robust

Give flexibility for both Full load and CDC load

Can work on multiple data sources

Maintain all types of flags in data like Insert, Update and Delete

Overall, my experience with DMS is excellent, and there is significantly less scope for data loss. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

I recently faced one issue where it failed to parse the JSON object because that JSON has multiple line breaks. So while reading the JSON, it was giving null as output.

And another which I faced was while reading the GeoSpatial coordinates. So for this issue, I changed the source column datatype from geometry to string, and it's also a known issue to the AWS team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sai Charan P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/6/2023

"AWS Database Migration Service is a fully managed service provided by AWS"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

It enables me to migrate databases from on-premises or cloud-based databases to AWS quickly and securely. It supports a variety of source and target databases, including Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Redshift, and others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

I don't dislike it, it helps actually the database issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

DMS uses a replication process to migrate data from the source database to the target database. During the replication process, DMS continuously captures changes made to the source database and applies them to the target database in near real-time, allowing users to migrate data with minimal downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pavitra M.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/15/2023

"Review of AWS Database Migration Service"

4/5

What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

The best features of AWS Database Migration Service include its ease of use, flexibility to support various migration scenarios, automatic schema conversion, and real-time replication capabilities. Additionally, it offers a highly secure and reliable solution for database migration with minimal downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

The drawbacks of AWS Database Migration Service include its high cost, especially for large-scale migrations, and limited support for certain database engines. Some users have also reported technical issues with the service, such as slow migration speeds or compatibility problems. However, AWS provides extensive documentation and support to help users overcome these challenges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. Minimizing downtime: AWS Database Migration Service can help reduce the downtime associated with database migrations, allowing organizations to maintain business continuity during the migration process.

2. Simplifying database migrations: AWS Database Migration Service automates many of the tasks involved in database migration, making it easier for organizations to move their databases to the cloud or upgrade to a newer database version.

3. Enabling real-time data replication: AWS Database Migration Service can replicate data from a source database to a target database in near real-time, allowing organizations to maintain up-to-date data in multiple locations.

4. Supporting heterogeneous database migrations. AWS Database Migration Service supports migration between different database engines, making it easier for organizations to switch between database platforms or consolidate databases.

5. Providing a scalable ETL tool: AWS Database Migration Service can be used as an ETL tool, allowing organizations to extract data from multiple sources, transform it as needed, and load it into a target database or data warehouse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Chetana K.

Associate Software Developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/31/2023

"Review for AWS Database Migration"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

It's database migration feature. On premises data migration. And data protection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

Data migration downtime sometimes slow but depends on type of databases too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Damnik Mahendrakumar J.

Software Engineer II

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/23/2023

"AWS Database Migration via Veeam Backup"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

Veeam Backup helps take a periodic snapshot of DB Instances. Those snapshots can be exported or migrated to other regions, allowing quick replication or spawning new instances in case of failure or disaster. It maintains high availability and minimal downtime. It supports various DBs like Oracle, PostgreSQL, MYSQL, MongoDB, and others. It's cost-effective and supports log monitoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

AWS Database Migration Service is great for migrating on-prem Database, EC2 DB or AWS RDS to AWS AuroraDB or vice versa. But it has few restrictions on the number of requests of 100 API requests per second. It support limited versions of Oracle and MySQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our services run on-prem, which persists data into the on-prem SQL server 2019. During our cloud migration process, we used AWS Database Migration Service to move our on-prem DB to AWS AuroraDB with minimal downtime by using Veeam Backup for storing snapshots for failsafe recovery. The whole migration was successful and took about one month. We noticed the performance increase post migrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rachit M.

Entity Non Officer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/30/2023

"AWS Database Migration Service"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

AWS Data migration services help us switch to a modern, perhaps cost-effective, database engine than the one running now. It helps us to get increased efficiency, improved data security and enhanced data quality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

AWS Database Migration does fall under the free tier. It has infrastructure maintenance costs involved. It needs skilled resources availability; data loss and security risks are also involved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.